With just under a month until the unveiling of the Frederick Douglass statue, the sculpture’s mold is ready. The dedication ceremony for the project that was announced in 2014 will take place in Kresge Plaza on May 12, Chief Staff Officer Mike Harner said. Until then, the statue is being casted and will then travel...
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Hillsdale professors, students disagree with GOP teacher quotas
A proposed law in Iowa would require universities to hire a similar ratio of conservative and liberal professors, but Hillsdale College faculty and students said such a policy would not be conducive to a liberal arts education. The legislation, SF-288, would prevent Iowa’s three state-run universities — the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and...
GOAL Program holding school-wide food fundraiser for Haitian students
Two Hillsdale College students have partnered with the GOAL Program in an effort to pack and provide more than 20,000 meals for school children in Haiti. After a January trip to the Caribbean island, senior Jessie Fox and junior Zack Schultz said they were inspired and moved by the need for food and resources in...
Hillsdale Academy takes largest group ever to Europe
Students and adults from Hillsdale Academy recently traveled to Europe for the school’s biennial overseas trip. In the Academy’s largest group ever, 41 students, 32 parents, and five staff members traveled to Greece and Italy for 12 days during the school’s spring break, March 28 to April 9. “We take everyone who wants to go,”...
Covering the ‘infidels’: Mindy Belz discusses Christian persecution
As a senior editor and writer for World Magazine since 1986, Mindy Belz has reported from countries around the world, focusing on war and persecution in the Middle East. She is the author of “They Say We Are Infidels: On the Run from ISIS with Persecuted Christians from the Middle East.” On Tuesday, she spoke...




